The NBA Draft is certainly a crap shoot, regardless of where you’re picking.

When you’re picking in the high lottery, your decision on that day can impact your franchise forever.

Back in 2017, the supposed “no brainer” selection was Markelle Fultz.

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That was the consensus at the time.

They can rest in piss as far as I’m concerned.

But you know what?

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All I can really say is thank you.

Thank you for being completely bullied into drafting Lonzo Ball by his dad.

And sure, they eventually traded Lonzo for AD and won a Bubble title, but whatever.

That was a potential franchise-altering miss.

How do you not even go to the workout?

That has to sting.

It is fun to wonder what might have happened had Josh Jackson not refused that workout.

Now, we hear about how Tatum was Ainge’s pick the whole time, but you never know.